Stocking



Oct. 20, 1936. Q STIEGLER 2,057,929

STOCKING Filed sept. 2o, 193s Patented Oct. 20, 1936 UNITED STATES UUUI Uil PATENT OFFICE Application September 20, 1933, Serial No. 690,269

GermarLv September 30, 1932 1 Claim. (Cl. (i6-182) To prevent bursting of the two heel angles of a stocking and the formation of ladders or runs at these points it has been proposed to splice the heel angles. For this purpose, the splicings of the sole and high heel are made so wide that the longitudinal edges thereof extend in the sphere of the heel angles up to a wale disposed a number of wales above the heel angles, so that the heel angles are within the scope of these splicings that run into one another and thus surrounded by them on all sides.

This arrangement is, however, open to the objection that by being embedded in the splicings the heel angles become unable to shift according to the forces appearing in the heel and requiring transmission to the upper portion of the foot and the leg, and that even in reinforced goods meshes will continue to run if only one of them bursts.

By way of example, the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing showing'one einbodiment thereof.

Figure 1 shows a flat-worked leg with heel portions. Fig. 2 shows how the foot is worked onto this leg, and Fig. 3 shows the foot of a stocking.

Referring to the drawing, in the flat-worked leg with the heel portions 2 the boundary lines of the high heel splicings 4 extend from the points 5 rst to the wales 6 positioned several loops inwardly of the wales I which pass through the 30 heel angles 8 of the heel portions 2. This part of the boundary lines of the high heel splicings is designated by 3. Shortly before the heel angles 8 the width of the splicings 4 decreases to such an extent that the boundary lines of the splicings 4 35 lead into the heel angles 8 at the course I0,

as indicated in Fig. 1. This part of the boundary lines is designated I6. When the foot has been worked onto the leg I with the heel portions 2, as shown in Fig. 2, the boundary of the sole splicings I3 will lead again from the heel angles 8 inwardly up to the wales 6. This part of the boundary lines is designated I'I. In the remaining part I2 the boundary lines continue up to the toe in any desired way. As shown in Fig. 3, the splicings of the high heel and sole, each of which is so wide that their boundaries extend up to a Wale 6 extending several loops above the heel angle 8, thus recede at the heel angles I while the boundary lines I6, l1 face each other.

This arrangement of the boundaries of the heel and sole splicings 4, I 3 makes it possible for the heel angles 8 to become displaced when the stocking is worn according to the forces appearing in the heel, whereby the heel angles are relieved from stress and the bursting of loops in the region in front of them is effectively prevented. Even if a loop should burst in this sphere, it can run only up to the lines I6, Il where it will be stopped.

It is of course also possible to let the boundary lines I6, I'I lead to a point behind the heel angles 8.

It is immaterial whether the splicings 4, I3 are produced by plating or by split knitting.

I claim:-

A stocking comprising spliced foot parts, the splicings of the sole and high heel being so wide that the longitudinal edges thereof extend to a plurality of wales above the wales of the heel angles and the width of the splicings of the sole and high heel decreases at the heel angles, so that the longitudinal edges of the high heel and sole splicing face one another at this place and whereby the longitudinal edges of the high heel splicing at this place lie above the course passing through the heel angles while the longitudinal edges of the sole splicing lie below this course.

GERHARD STIEGLER. 

